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Wiggle room. he had to testify. today. and again he didnt show up so today judge held andrew miller in contempt of court for refusing to show up. refusing to testify before the robert mueller grand jury. i am no lawyer but to me this seems like kamikaze mission. why do this? what is the strategy here? where does this end? does he potentially end up going to jail now? joining me, chuck rosenberg, former senior fbi official. thank you for sticking around to help me with this. >> my pleasure. >> i ...

Civil contempt and he continues to defy courts order and to testify, would you say she would then have the option to increase the leverage on him, including jail, does that mean she is turning it to criminal contempt? >> she could ask the u.s. attorney to bring criminal charges. my guess is that it will likely remain civil contempt. that means as long as the grand jury is sitting, and grand juries sit for 12 to 18 months, he could spend all of that time in jail. by the way, the special counsel, ...

The judge demanding the plane turn them around and bring them back to the u.s. and threatening to hold jeff sessions in contempt. those two people seeking asylum were basically trying to escape what they called gang violence from el salvador. thats part of a lawsuit filed by the aclu that challenges the way that sessions has excluded people who are fleeing gang violence from getting asylum. meanwhile, the union that represents 350 immigration judges in our country is pushing back against pressur...

>> once again, nicolle, we are seeing not oversight, but rather complete attempts to obstruct by calling as witnesses under subpoena to the hill people who -- some of whom are career public servants. jonathan moffa, for example, is a long-time career intelligence analyst in the counterintelligence division of the fbi. hes very smart. hes been with this case since day one. so what theyre doing is they have identified him by name. they are going to call him to the hill under subpoena. they are goi...

Him in con techlts. all contempt. all of this as the president decides whether to have an interview with mueller. and donald trump says that they should turnover text messages from mccabe. he says mccabe had something to hide. should the fbi turnover the text messages that are relevant to the investigation over collusion or obstruction? >> i cant speak to the legal requirements of the fbi. im sure mueller is handling that piece of it else interest the doj and sessions. but from the perspective o...

Midterms because trump believes its return to the headlines will help republicans win votes. there it is. today donald trump reupping his attacks on nfl players over the kneeling. this is on a friday heading into the anniversary of course of that charlottesville white power rally. were not going to read the tweet tonight from the president attacking the players in last nights game because it is not particularly newsworthy and were not going to show you all the headlines it sparked. you can imagi...

Is bigger than any one policy because if republicans retain control of the house in november, trump will have proved the electoral value of racial and ethnic stereotyping. that will make things even worse than they are today. the gop will be fully committed to a 2020 campaign conducted in the spirit of george wallace, a campaign of racial division, urban, rural division and party division that me tas ta sizes into mutual contempt. thats a lot. and notice that the republican is arguing real polit...

Were back with the latest developments in robert muellers investigation. investigators appear to be closing in on longtime donald trump confidant, former campaign aide roger stone by going after some of his associates. just yesterday, a judge held andrew miller in contempt for refusing to testify before the special counsels grand jury. this morning, it remains unclear what exactly the so-called manhattan madam testified about when she appeared before the grand jury yesterday. while the president...

And i think that were looking at conspiracy to violate the campaign law, conspiracy to defraud the ut.s. and as well a obstruction. and the witnesses called, of course one being held in contempt is be on structuobstru addition to whatever obstruction happened earlier. so it is interesting and well have too wait and see what indictments come out of this. >> and the back be and forth continues between president trumps attorneys and robert mueller about prospects of an interview of the president. i...

Then have the option to increase the leverage on him, including jail, does that mean she is turning it to criminal contempt? >> she could even appoint a special prosecutor to bring criminal charges. my guess is that it will likely remain civil contempt. that means as long as the grand jury is sitting, and grand juries sit for 12 to 18 months, he could spend all of that time in jail. by the way, the special counsel, bob muellers team could subpoena him again after that first grand jury expires. i...